This book is as it claims itself to be - "The Brief History of The Globalized World in the 21st Century".
Personally I took a lot of cue from this book. I has helped me increase my understanding of the globalized world and look at it in a much broader sense.
Thomas Friedman - is an American journalist, Author and a three times winner of the "Pulitzer Prize". He is an op-ed contributor of the "New York Times". He also works for Discovery, in making their documentaries.
Friedman first discussed his views on globalization in the 1999 book, "The Lexus and the Oliver Tree". In 2004 he came out with his best seller, "The World is Flat". Friedman's journey to, Bangalore and Beijing gave him a new in sight into the fast changing world of globalization. He has documented his understanding from there experiences into this book.
Friedman in his efforts to get people to understand globalization in the most productive way has been successful a great deal. He has concentrated on the journey of this huge levelling process.
He takes note of the factor that lead to the opening and the flattening of globalization. He then moves on to a discussion on how the different factors went on to create convergence, and there by make the playground more open. He then discusses the implication that flattening of the field has on the American society, and how well it can accommodate/ adjust to get the maximum form the phenomenon.
I loved the chapter on dreams the most... I picked a lot of points form that chapter to improve my thought process. I loved the way he emphasises on creating dreams from a situation rather than just creating memories. I love the concept...
Its a must read to understand the phenomenon of globalization even better.... go ahead and read it... may not please those who have been following the phenomenon very closely. Over all a very informative book. This book has made me a fan of Thomas Friedman....
some more info can be got from...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat
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